Steam-box.



PATENTBD MAY 5', 1903,.

H. GRAMBR & P. SGHRAUDNER.

STEAM BOX.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 22. 1902.

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No. 727,096. PATENTED MAY 5,1903. I

H. GRAMER & F. SGHRAUDNER.

STEAM BOX.

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ATENT HERMAN ORAIWIER AND FREDERICK SOIIRAUDNER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TO GUS. V. BREOHT BUTCHER SUPPLY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

STEAM-BOX.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,096, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed October 22,1902. Serial No. 128,259. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HERMAN CRAMER and FREDERICK SCHRAUDNER, citizens of the United States, residingin the city of St..Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam- Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to a steam-box for use in cooking meats or other products by the contact of steam therewith. The box is particularly intended for use in cooking such meats as bologna or other sausages, headcheese, &c.

Figure I is a perspective view of our steambox in closed condition. Fig. II is avertic'al section of the steam-box with the door open and one of the drawers withdrawn. I Fig. IIIis an enlarged horizontal section, partly broken out, of one side of the steam-box. Fig. IV is an enlarged front view of a part of. the front of the steam-box and one of the drawers. Fig. V is a horizontal section taken through the steam-boximmediately above the steam-pipes therein. Fig. VI is 'a vertical section taken on line VI VI, Fig. V. Fig. VII is a section showing the moisture-shedding ledge at the bottom of the steam-box door. Fig. VIII is an enlarged side view of one of the keepers engaged by. the latches of the door. Fig. IX is a perspective view of one of the lugs at the front of the drawers by which the drawers are withdrawn from the steam-box.

1 designates the posts atthe four corners of the steam-box, which are made of anglei'ron, as most clearly seen in Figs. I, III, and V.

2 designates the sheet-metal walls of the box, which are attached to the posts 1 by rivets 3. (See Fig. III.)

4. is the top plate of the box, and 5 is a catchbasin suitably supported within the lower ends of the-walls 2. This catch-basin is inclined downwardly from one side to the other, as seen in Fig. VI, in order that moisture falling thereinto may be readily withdrawn from the basin through a discharge-pipe 6, that is provided with a valve 7. (See Figs. I and V.)

8 designates a steam-supply pipe that leads from a suitable source of steamto the interior of the steam-box and occupies a position within the catch-basin 5.

9 designates perforated branch pipes leading from the steam-supply pipe,through which the steam delivered thereto finds egress to the interior of the box.

10 designates ledges secured to the posts 1 by the rivets 3,. the ledges being made of angle-iron and positioned so that while one flange thereof receives the rivets the other flange projects horizontally within the box. The ledges 10 receive drawers that are composed of angle side bars 11, longitudinal slats 12, and transverse. slats 13, all of which are The sides and rear of each drawer are inclosed by a sheet-metal flange 14., that projects upwardly therefrom.

15 designates crosssrods extending trans versely of the doorway of the steam-box and serving to tie the front posts and side walls firmly together.

16 is a lug fixed to the forward slat 13 and provided with an aperture 17, into which a hook or other implement may be introduced to pull the drawers forwardly for the purpose of dumping the cooked product after the cooking has been completed.

18 designates stops secured to the longitudinal slats of the drawers at points in the rear of the longitudinal center of the drawers.

These stops are adapt-ed to strike against the cross-rods 15 on the withdrawal of the draw- "ers, so that each drawer may be drawn out sufficiently to permit of its being tilted into the position seen in Fig. II, wherein one of 0 the drawers is shown withdrawn. When the drawers are moved into the position illustrated, the stops 18 limit their further movement and hold the drawer in a position convenient for the discharge of the cooked mod 5 not held thereby.

20 is an outlet-pipe through which the steam escapes from the box.

21 designates a door swingingly connected to one of the front posts of the box by hinges 22. I oo 23 is a latch-bar that is pivotally connected to swinging latches 24, carried by the door 21. One of the latches 24 is provided with a handie 25, by which it and the latch-bar 23 may be moved, so that all of the latches will be swung on their pivots in unison.

26 designates keepers attached to the front post 1 at the latch side of the door and adapted to receive the engagement of the latches 24. Each of the keepers 26 is provided with an inner inclined face 27, against which the latches bear and are carried inwardly to effect a tight closure of the door 21.

28 designates side and top flanges of angle form fixed to the door 21 on its inner side and adapted to fit against the front posts to produce close joints between the inside of the door and the sides of the box.

29 is an inclined ledge situated at the bottom of the door between the side flanges 28 and adapted to fit over the upper front edge of the catch-basin 5 when the door is closed, as seen in Fig. VII. This inclined ledge serves to shed the moisture within the box that descends on the door and directs it into the catch-basin.

30 designates a series of pipe-coils located in the upper end of the steam-box, connected by V-shaped couplings 30 and provided with perforations 31. (See Fig. II.)

32 is a water-supply pipe connected to the coils 30, and 33 is a steam-pipe connected to the water-pipe. The pipes 32 and 33 are designed to be connected to suitable sources of water and steam supply. In the instance of cooking some meats-such, for instance, as pigs feet-in the steam-box a scum like coating is produced thereon that renders the meat of an objectionable appearance, and for the purpose of washing such coating from the meat water and steam are admitted into the perforated coils 30 to flow therefrom in a shower within the box and descend over the meat lying on the tier of drawers in the steam-box, thereby Washing the meat in an effectual manner.

We claim as our invention 1. In a steam-box, the combination of a casing, a series of drawers slidably mounted in said casing, having open-front discharge ends, means limiting the outward movement of the drawers and permitting the same to be tilted to discharge its contents through the discharge end, and means for supplying steam to theinterior of said casing, substantially as set forth.

2. In a steam-box, the combination of a casing provided with a doorway, a door for closing said casing, a series of tie-rods joining the side walls of the casing at said doorway, a series of drawers slidably mounted in said casing, having perforations in their hottoms, and open-front discharge ends, and means limiting the outward movement of the drawers and permitting the same to be tilted to discharge its contents through the discharge ends, and means for supplying steam to the interior of said casing, substantially as set forth.

3. In a steam-box, the combination of a casing provided with a doorway, a series of drawers slidably mounted in said casing, having open-front discharge ends, stops car ried by said drawers, and a series of tie-rods located at the doorway of the casing and adapted to receive said stops when said drawers are withdrawn, substantially as set forth.

HERMAN CRAMER. FREDERICK SCHRAUDNER.

In presence of- E; S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

